Job summary
Horsham Central PCN is looking to recruit a new Clinical Pharmacist.The post holder will report to the GP Clinical Lead within
the Primary Care Network for clinical supervision. They will also have strong
working relationships with the Practice Managers and other clinicians in the
network.
Alliance for Better Care will provide consistent employment
support throughout the appointment.
As part of clinical duties, the successful candidates will
join the multi-disciplinary staff in providing comprehensive care and will work
with patients, carers, and families.
ABC as employer will provide support and ensure access to the
NHSE England training programme as well as a local network of Clinical
Pharmacists working in general practice.
This post is part of the Additional Roles Reimbursement
Scheme for Primary Care Networks funded by NHS England and includes funded
access to the Clinical Pharmacist Training Pathway for any further
modulesrequiredto complete the pathway.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role. The post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy.
The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providingexpertisein clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practices.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement, manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhancedservicesand contribute to the delivery of the local medicines optimisation strategy.
The post holder will ensure that the practice integrates with community and hospital pharmacy to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes, ensure better access tohealthcareand help manage workload. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.
About us
About Alliance for Better Care CIC
Alliance for Better Care (ABC) is a GP Federation uniting 77 NHS GP member
practices across 98 sites within 24 Primary Care Networks in Sussex and Surrey.
We support our Primary Care colleagues - and their patients - to transform how
healthcare is delivered in their communities.
We work closely with GP Practices, PCNs, Hospitals, Community
Organisations, and the Third Sector. These vital partnerships enable us to
deliver a truly integrated approach that offers the support and expertise
needed to effectively serve our populations.
About Horsham Central PCN
Horsham Central Primary Care Network is an NHS Collaboration
between two GP Practices Holbrook Surgery and Riverside Medical Practice -
working together to provide enhanced access services.
Our surgery teams work closely, sharing expertise and
resources to develop new services. Our vision is to continue to improve the
quality of care that we provide in alignment with the needs of our patient
population.
Our Primary Care Network builds on the existing primary care
services and enables a greater provision of proactive, personalised and more
integrated health and social care. We are supported by practitioners in
additional roles who allow us to create bespoke multi-disciplinary teams based
on the needs of our local population. By working together with local community
services, this allows us to make support available to people where it is most
needed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
From start of post:
- See (where appropriate) patients
with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation
is required (e.g. COPD, asthma)
- Review the on-going need for each medicine, a
review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their
medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e.
medicines optimisation).Make appropriate recommendations to
Senior Pharmacists or GPs for medicine improvement
- Undertake clinical medication reviews with
patients and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist, nurses
and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring
- Provide patient facing clinics for those with
questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the
practice
- Provide telephone support for patients with
questions, queries and concerns about their medicines
- Act as a source of medicines information
for all of the practice team and patients, (such as around doses,
side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives (i.e. around out
of stocks) suggesting and recommending solutions
- To reconcile medicines following discharge
from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes,
including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes
and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients
receive the medicines they need post discharge
- Set up and manage systems to ensure
continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients
(e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes)
- Ensure that patients are referred to
the appropriate healthcare professional for the right care. Ensuring
that the addition of the pharmacist to the clinical team results in a reduction
in workload for other clinicians
- Produce and implement a practice repeat
prescribing policy in line with the recommendations Medicines Management
Team
- Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation
process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing
medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review. Ensure
patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place
when required
- Support the contractual requirements to
support frail patients with their medication including medication review and
some patient identification (i.e. patients with problematic polypharmacy)
- Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in
areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in
conjunction with the practice team
- Work with MMT to support the implementation
of local and national guidelines including NICE, Prescribing Formularies
etc
- Liaise with hospital colleagues where
prescribing needs to be returned to specialists
- Provide education and training to primary
healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation
- Work with the general practice team to ensure
the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved
- To support public health campaigns
- To provide specialist knowledge on all public
health programmes available to the general public
- Implement changes to medicines that result
from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national
guidance
Role may evolve to include:
- Review the use of medicines most
commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions
through audit and individual patient reviews
- Put in place changes to reduce the
prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient
groups
- Managing caseload of patients with
common/minor/self-limiting ailments
- Signposting to community pharmacy and
referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate
Study Leave/Training
There are opportunities for a study leave allowance.
Supervision
Regular supervisions on a one-to-one basis including an
annual formal appraisal are held with a line manager. If you are in a
patient-facing role, you will also receive regular Clinical Supervisions with a
Clinical Supervisor.
Induction Programme
You will receive an in-depth induction programme and will be
invited to a face-to-face induction day within your first week to give you
relevant information about the organisation and your job role.
Benefits
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Access to NHS pension
- Bespoke training programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Enhanced maternity pay
- NHS discounts
- Leadership Development Programme
- Salary sacrifice schemes technology and
electric vehicle
- Opportunities for secondments
Job description
Job responsibilities
From start of post:
- See (where appropriate) patients
with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation
is required (e.g. COPD, asthma)
- Review the on-going need for each medicine, a
review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their
medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e.
medicines optimisation).Make appropriate recommendations to
Senior Pharmacists or GPs for medicine improvement
- Undertake clinical medication reviews with
patients and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist, nurses
and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring
- Provide patient facing clinics for those with
questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the
practice
- Provide telephone support for patients with
questions, queries and concerns about their medicines
- Act as a source of medicines information
for all of the practice team and patients, (such as around doses,
side effects, adverse events, possible alternatives (i.e. around out
of stocks) suggesting and recommending solutions
- To reconcile medicines following discharge
from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes,
including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes
and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients
receive the medicines they need post discharge
- Set up and manage systems to ensure
continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients
(e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes)
- Ensure that patients are referred to
the appropriate healthcare professional for the right care. Ensuring
that the addition of the pharmacist to the clinical team results in a reduction
in workload for other clinicians
- Produce and implement a practice repeat
prescribing policy in line with the recommendations Medicines Management
Team
- Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation
process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing
medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review. Ensure
patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place
when required
- Support the contractual requirements to
support frail patients with their medication including medication review and
some patient identification (i.e. patients with problematic polypharmacy)
- Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in
areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in
conjunction with the practice team
- Work with MMT to support the implementation
of local and national guidelines including NICE, Prescribing Formularies
etc
- Liaise with hospital colleagues where
prescribing needs to be returned to specialists
- Provide education and training to primary
healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation
- Work with the general practice team to ensure
the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved
- To support public health campaigns
- To provide specialist knowledge on all public
health programmes available to the general public
- Implement changes to medicines that result
from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national
guidance
Role may evolve to include:
- Review the use of medicines most
commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions
through audit and individual patient reviews
- Put in place changes to reduce the
prescribing of these medicines to high-risk patient
groups
- Managing caseload of patients with
common/minor/self-limiting ailments
- Signposting to community pharmacy and
referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate
Study Leave/Training
There are opportunities for a study leave allowance.
Supervision
Regular supervisions on a one-to-one basis including an
annual formal appraisal are held with a line manager. If you are in a
patient-facing role, you will also receive regular Clinical Supervisions with a
Clinical Supervisor.
Induction Programme
You will receive an in-depth induction programme and will be
invited to a face-to-face induction day within your first week to give you
relevant information about the organisation and your job role.
Benefits
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Access to NHS pension
- Bespoke training programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Enhanced maternity pay
- NHS discounts
- Leadership Development Programme
- Salary sacrifice schemes technology and
electric vehicle
- Opportunities for secondments
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years experience post-qualification
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based medicine and healthcare
- Good knowledge of service developments in medicines, prescribing, NHS policy and other relevant policy directives
- A good understanding of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
- Excellent understanding and implementation of legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct
- Good understanding of patient centred care and impact on care quality and outcomes
- Good understanding of patients role in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of committees/ working groups
- Drug information experience
- Experience in writing complex and high-quality reports
- Experience in audit, research and analysis of highly complex information related to improving clinical quality
Desirable
- Experience in supervising staff
- Experience of independent patient consultation, review and recommendations/prescribing
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to solve problems effectively and timely and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and when to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
- Ability to plan, prioritise, manage, monitor, advise and review clinical and general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
- Good IT skills
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
- Able to work under pressure and challenging situations to meetdeadlines
- Produce timely and informativereports
Behaviours & Values
Essential
- Self-Motivation
- Adaptable
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Undergraduate degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Clinical diploma
- Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice
- Independent prescriber
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years experience post-qualification
- In depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based medicine and healthcare
- Good knowledge of service developments in medicines, prescribing, NHS policy and other relevant policy directives
- A good understanding of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
- Excellent understanding and implementation of legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct
- Good understanding of patient centred care and impact on care quality and outcomes
- Good understanding of patients role in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of committees/ working groups
- Drug information experience
- Experience in writing complex and high-quality reports
- Experience in audit, research and analysis of highly complex information related to improving clinical quality
Desirable
- Experience in supervising staff
- Experience of independent patient consultation, review and recommendations/prescribing
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to solve problems effectively and timely and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and when to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences (e.g. patients)
- Ability to plan, prioritise, manage, monitor, advise and review clinical and general medicine optimisation issues in core areas for long term conditions
- Good IT skills
- Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
- Able to work under pressure and challenging situations to meetdeadlines
- Produce timely and informativereports
Behaviours & Values
Essential
- Self-Motivation
- Adaptable
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Undergraduate degree in pharmacy (MPharm)
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- A member of or working towards Faculty membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Clinical diploma
- Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice
- Independent prescriber
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
